Preschool children with more backyard space and those who live closer to parks and water do more active play than children ...

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In a world where children’s entertainment and safety are paramount, the exploration of new play environments such as ball ...

Play is essential to a child's development and is one of the most impactful ways to support student learning — it fuels academic success. Playworks Utah, a leading nonprofit in Utah, is helping kids ...

In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands. In wartime Gaza, kids fly kites made from ...

Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and asphyxiate themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. By Rylee Kirk About 192,000 children’s play ...

One Christmas I lucked out. It was at the height of the Cabbage Patch craze and my parents had warned me that Santa Claus couldn’t deliver everything, like an unprecedented, coveted doll. But Santa ...